World Dec 12 UN General Assembly votes to demand a humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza, U.S. opposes resolution The vote in the 193-member world body was 153 in favor, 10 against and 23 abstention, greater support than for an Oct. 27 resolution that called for a "humanitarian truce" leading to a cessation of hostilities.
World Dec 08 U.S. vetoes UN resolution backed by many nations demanding an immediate cease-fire in Gaza U.S. deputy ambassador Robert Wood criticized the council after the vote for its failure to condemn Hamas' attacks in Israel and to acknowledge Israel's right to defend itself.
World Nov 15 UN Security Council adopts resolution calling for urgent humanitarian pauses and corridors in Gaza The vote was 12-0 with the United States, United Kingdom and Russia abstaining. The final draft watered down language from a "demand" to a "call" for humanitarian pauses.
World Nov 04 Average Palestinian in Gaza is surviving on 2 pieces of bread a day, UN official says The Gaza director for the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees says the average Palestinian in Gaza is living on two pieces of Arabic bread made from flour that the U.N. had stockpiled in the region.
Politics Oct 27 UN General Assembly calls for ‘humanitarian truce’ in Gaza leading to halt in Israel-Hamas war It was the first U.N. response to Hamas' surprise Oct. 7 attacks on Israel and Israel's ongoing military response and vow to obliterate Hamas.
Politics Oct 24 WATCH: UN chief warns that the risk of the Israel-Hamas war spreading is growing Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for an immediate humanitarian cease-fire to deliver desperately needed food, water, medicine and fuel.
World Oct 18 U.S. vetoes UN resolution condemning all violence against civilians in Israel-Hamas war U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said that Biden is in the region engaging in diplomacy and "we need to let that diplomacy play out." She criticized the resolution for not saying anything about Israel's right to self-defense.
World Oct 13 70 people, mostly women and children, killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza’s fleeing convoys, Hamas says Hamas' media office says the cars were struck in three places as they headed south from Gaza City. It was not immediately clear who the target of the airstrikes was, or whether militants were among the passengers.
World Oct 13 Israel orders evacuation of 1 million in northern Gaza in 24 hours The evacuation order, which includes Gaza City, home to hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, sparked widespread panic among civilians and aid workers already running from Israeli airstrikes and contending with a total siege and a territory-wide blackout.
World Oct 09 U.S. demands condemnation of Hamas at UN meeting, but Security Council takes no immediate action The U.N. Security Council has held an emergency meeting behind closed doors with the United States demanding that all 15 members strongly condemn "these heinous terrorist attacks committed by Hamas."…